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Here we go again.... I can't even think about torturing a groomer by taking Toby to one again, and I don't feel like paying them twice the fee out of guilt for how he acts out, so I'm going to go buy a tub and as much peanut butter as it takes to cover his entire body and I am going to attempt to get the sap out of his hair today. And then izzy will have to do it too. This is horrible. I'm having to have the landlord tar the ends of the branches they cut from the pine trees because it's oozing in large amounts from the trees. Looks like thick stalactites . Crazy. This is gonna suck. Cause the entire time I'm doing this toby is going to either be biting me or eating all the peanut butter. I should record this . I'm sure it will be amusing in retrospect. :facepalm: |
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I know the sap is the main reason he gets crazy when groomed. And he doesn't get as out of hand when I'm the one doing it. When I have someone else groom him I do put a muzzle on him. But I figure I'll work at getting the sap off and then take him to be groomed so he's not as volatile . |
Oh and the biting was never an issue til the sap became an issue. |
I just had a friend come by who's supposed to come back and help me. He said he knows how to do this easy with oil. So we shall see... |
Can you just shave the hair? |
It's embedded in his paws. So yeah... |
I would think an oil to melt the stuff would work well. If he's gets anxious and won't lick the PB, take a break and calm him down, wrap him up in a warm, tight towel or whatever works to soothe him and give him some time to decompress before going on. The stress will just keep building w/out a break. But without the possible stinging of the alcohol, pain of toe-hair pulling from that burning area and his fear of more strange things happening to him at the groomer's studio, you shouldn't have the same troubles, especially since you've worked with him at home grooming before and he's in a setting where he feels safe. Remember, a dog is just like a toddler mentally so treat him just as you would a toddler with the sap stuck on his widdle toes. Good luck! |
I was going to suggest vegetable oil too. Don't know for sure about sap, but when Meika got a mouse sticky trap stuck on her leg, I tried all kinds of sticky remover stuff that did not work, then found on Google that oil would. It did perfectly, then I just shampooed thoroughly. |
Coconut oil is good too. After massaging into the fur, warm the oil with a blow dryer and it will assist in removing the sap. The coconut oil is good for the dogs hair and won't hurt him if he licks it. Use extra virgin coconut oil. |
Well, I doused him with vegetable oil first and then used a bunch of peanut butter and pasted it all over him. That seemed to ease his anxiety a lot cause he had something to do , lol. Then I blow dried to make it all warm and ran some warm water til it was a few inches deep and started combing. It refused to come out of the longer hair so I proceeded to chop chop chop it off. And then I combed some more. He never even tried to bite me once. I did all that until he started getting impatient and barking at me. Then I shampoos like crazy and conditioned and rinsed and right when he was looking beautiful and fluffy, I used my other hand to fluff his head a bit and realized I hadn't gotten all the oil off my hand. So now he looks like a grease ball again. That's ok. I'll wash him again tomorrow. He's had enough for tonight. But all of the sap is out from his toes and he doesn't hate me! Yay!:p |
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Good job! So glad he didn't bite and that you managed to find a way to remove the sap which lessened the anxiety for you both... Now stay out of the sap!!!:D |
Great you were able to get the sap off his pads, that should make it easier on him when he goes to the groomer. |
Good job Toby and mama :thumbup: |
Good Job - what an ordeal & next time we need photos...LOL |
Good job. No one hurt in the process, YAY. |
I wish I had known about how to remove tree sap when we were putting our fence up last year and I had to help and got sap all in my hair. My hair is to my waist and it was a huge mess. It took me days to wash it out using dawn and whatever else I tried. After that I would go outside with my hair pulled all up, and a hoodie on with the hood up when we were putting up a fence section, and it was 90+ degrees outside, but I was not getting sap in my hair again after dealing with it one time. I can't imagine trying to get it off my Yorkie. |
Oh man he was so busy trying to turn my bathroom into a swimming pool that I didn't even think to take pictures, lol. That would have been funny with them all covered in peanut butter. Today's mission is to tar the ends of the branches of the trees so they stop seeping. Fun stuff when you're scared of heights |
Be careful, and don't get tar on the fur or you will have to start all over. :) |
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